torqueret
Dictionary entries
- Entry →torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round);
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...diem ago' Epicurus, cum illum hinc urinae difficultas torqueret, hinc insanabilis exulcerati dolor ventris. Quare ergo incredibilia ista..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...consumpsi, duravi interrogare illum interpretem meum, quod me torqueret. At ille: "Plane etiam hoc servus tuus indicare potest..."